pressman
"pressman" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pressman” is uncommon English (frequency #62,425 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,425
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who operates a printing press.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pressman · pressman · English
pressman · rank #62,425 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,425
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH PRD
Nearest frequency peer: PRD (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “pressman”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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37,580 corpus weight
- PRD
PRD
37,577 corpus weight
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pressman
37,576 corpus weight
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principia
37,575 corpus weight
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37,572 corpus weight
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37,571 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pressman” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pressman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,425 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pressman” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pressman is uncommon English at frequency #62,425 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pressman in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From press + man. The correct English form is pressman, spelled P-R-E-S-S-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Someone who operates a printing press.
- 2A journalist or newspaper reporter.
- 3One who pressgangs people into naval service.
- 4One who presses clothes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pressman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As the pressman returns the inkballs to the inkstone, the journeyman closes the frisket and tympan.
Moxon […] gives the area required by a press and pressmen as 7 feet square, and for a frame with a pair of cases, an area 4 ft 6 in square.
Etymology
From press + man.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).